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The law firm of Heygood, Orr & Pearson is representing Audi, Fiat Chrysler, and General Motors vehicle owners over allegations of emissions cheating involving vehicles sold by these automakers. Heygood, Orr & Pearson is also representing consumers who opted out of the $14.7 billion nationwide settlement with Volkswagen over the Dieselgate emissions scandal. (more…)

A former Volkswagen engineer has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal. A federal judge in Michigan sentenced VW engineer James Liang to serve more than three years in prison and pay a $200,000 fine for helping the German automaker hide the excess emissions on VW and Audi diesel models from regulators and consumers. (more…)

General Motors is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations of emissions cheating on Chevrolet and GMC diesel trucks. The alleged emissions cheating was uncovered as a result of an investigation launched in the wake of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal into possible emissions cheating involving other automakers. (more…)

Oliver Schmidt, the former chief emissions compliance manager for Volkswagen in the U.S., was arrested this week by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to defraud the federal government. Schmidt is accused of playing a key role in the conspiracy to hide Volkswagen’s diesel emissions cheating from U.S. regulators as part of the Dieselgate scandal. (more…)

U.S. sales of Volkswagen brand automobiles fell more than nine-percent last month. The August sales decline was the 10th consecutive month that sales of VW vehicles have declined since word of the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal was made public. (more…)

Volkswagen has agreed to pay as much as $15.3 billion to settle allegations of emissions cheating over the company’s diesel-powered vehicles. The VW settlement in the Dieselgate emissions scandal is the largest in automotive history, and one of the biggest product liability settlements ever in the U.S. (more…)

The environmental ministry of South Korea has rejected a proposed recall plan from Volkswagen to address the company’s emissions cheating in that country on certain VW and Audi diesel-powered models. The decision is the second time that South Korea’s Ministry of Environment has rejected a plan proposed by Audi Volkswagen Korea, the Korean division of Volkswagen AG, to address emissions problems uncovered during the Dieselgate scandal. (more…)

The head of research and development at Porsche has announced that he is leaving the company seven months after being suspended by Volkswagen for possible involvement in the Dieselgate scandal. Wolfgang Hatz had previously served as the head of engine and transmission development at Volkswagen during the time in which the German automaker developed the “clean diesel” engines at the center of the emissions cheating scandal. (more…)